Inter- and intra-individual variability in alpha peak frequency

NeuroImage

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-55

  Haegens, Saskia ^a,b   Cousijn, Helena ^c,d   Wallis, George ^c,d   Harrison, Paul J ^c   Nobre, Anna C ^c,d  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; MEG; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA PEAK FREQUENCY; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895759193     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.049     Document Type: Article

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